cavillor

Etymology

From cavilla (“jesting, banter”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈu̯il.lor/, [käˈu̯ɪlːʲɔr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈvil.lor/, [käˈvilːor]

Verb

cavillor (present infinitive cavillārī, perfect active cavillātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

to jeer, mock, satirize
Synonyms: spernō, contemnō, āspernor
to gainsay, quibble, or engage in sophistry

Conjugation

More information indicative, singular ...

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cavillor	cavillāris, cavillāre		cavillātur	cavillāmur	cavillāminī		cavillantur
	imperfect	cavillābar	cavillābāris, cavillābāre		cavillābātur	cavillābāmur	cavillābāminī		cavillābantur
	future	cavillābor	cavillāberis, cavillābere		cavillābitur	cavillābimur	cavillābiminī		cavillābuntur
	perfect	cavillātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cavillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cavillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	caviller	cavillēris, cavillēre		cavillētur	cavillēmur	cavillēminī		cavillentur
	imperfect	cavillārer	cavillārēris, cavillārēre		cavillārētur	cavillārēmur	cavillārēminī		cavillārentur
	perfect	cavillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cavillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cavillāre		—	—	cavillāminī		—
active	future	—	cavillātor		cavillātor	—	—		cavillantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cavillārī		—		cavillāns		—
future		cavillātūrum esse		—		cavillātūrus		cavillandus
perfect		cavillātum esse		—		cavillātus		—
future perfect		cavillātum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		cavillātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cavillandī	cavillandō		cavillandum	cavillandō	cavillātum		cavillātū

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Conjugation of cavillor (first conjugation, deponent)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Asturian: cavilar
→ English: cavil
→ Galician: cavilar
→ Italian: cavillare
→ Portuguese: cavilar
→ Spanish: cavilar

References

“cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cavillor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cavillor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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